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Wormhole Foundation · 2 months ago

Backend Engineering Lead

positionUnited States
timeFull-time
remoteRemote
senioritySenior Level, Lead/Staff
date5+ years exp

Wormhole Foundation is seeking a Backend Engineering Lead to significantly contribute to their ecosystem of open source smart contracts and protocols. The role involves owning the architecture, development, and evolution of backend systems, leading a team to deliver high-performance, secure interfaces across products.

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Responsibilities

Lead the backend engineering strategy, ensuring scalability, reliability, and top-tier user experience
Architect, design, and implement APIs and data pipelines supporting wallets, transactions, and blockchain integrations
Build and maintain high-performance systems for blockchain data indexing, analytics, and event processing
Integrate new blockchain ecosystems into Wormhole’s suite of products, building adapters for novel consensus mechanisms, RPCs, and event formats
Collaborate closely with Product, Frontend, and other teams to deliver end-to-end solutions
Drive technical discussions, code reviews, and architectural decisions for backend components
Ensure adherence to best practices in testing, deployment, observability, and documentation
Mentor and coach backend engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and ownership
Contribute to the evolution of our infrastructure stack and the scaling of the engineering organization

Qualification

Backend developmentAPI designDistributed systemsBlockchain integrationTypeScriptGoRustPythonDatabasesEvent-driven systemsDevOps practicesLeadershipCommunicationCollaboration

Required

Have relevant tertiary qualifications in computer science or a closely related field (bachelors/masters) and/or relevant work experience
Have at least 5 year+ of experience in backend development, including 2+ years in a lead or senior engineering role
Proficiency in TypeScript, Go, Rust, or Python (depending on stack)
Have a deep understanding of distributed systems, API design, and blockchain consensus & node architecture
Experience with databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis) and event-driven systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ)
Hands-on experience integrating with blockchains, nodes, or smart contracts — e.g., via Web3.js, ethers.js, or JSON-RPC
Familiarity with DevOps best practices, deploying high-availability services across multiple regions (Kubernetes, GCP/AWS, or similar)
Strong focus on security, reliability, and performance optimization
Excellent leadership, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills
Be high agency and effect the outcomes they wish to see
Demonstrate obsession and feel pride in building great experiences
Be highly collaborative with the internal team, other Wormhole collaborators, and customers
Care deeply about the business outcomes of your work and challenge priorities when the business impact is unclear
Enjoy working remotely with a talented global team and ideally based in the Americas or European time zones

Company

Wormhole Foundation

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Wormhole Foundation is dedicated to supporting open-source, decentralized technologies that securely and seamlessly connect Web3.
location
Grand Cayman, Midland, CYM
people-size51-200 employees
web-link
https://wormhole.foundation

Funding

Current Stage
Growth Stage

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